Highlights from Monday’s throne speech at the Manitoba legislature
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government tabled its throne speech Monday, kicking off a new legislative session with promises to wrestle an $846 million deficit inherited from the previous NDP government. Here are some of the key promises made:
— Bring in a bill to control public-sector wage increases.
— Cut 20 per cent of the province’s roughly 200 agencies, boards and commissions.
— Relax regulations governing public-private partnerships.